Name: Debris
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Released: 2021-03-01
Rating: 7
Cast: Jonathan Tucker, Riann Steele, Norbert Leo Butz, Scroobius Pip

X-Files with a passport and abandonment issues. Canceled too soon, obviously.

slow-burn sci-figrumpy/sunshine partnershipconspiracy soup

Latest Episode

5.543 min

Season 1 • Episode 13

Latest

Celestial Body

May 24, 2021

Bryan and Finola’s lives are changed forever as Maddox and INFLUX converge on the Debris they seek.

Overview

Drama Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Two federal agents from two different continents, and two different mindsets, must work together to investigate when wreckage from a destroyed alien spacecraft has mysterious effects on humankind.

Content warning

grief and denialtrust across borderscosmic insignificancefound family vs blood

Standout Aspects

Acting

Tucker and Steele's prickly chemistry carries everything

Production

Debris effects are hauntingly beautiful practical magic

Direction

Wyman's Fringe experience shows in restrained weirdness

Best for:Solo·Binge·Rewatch

Heads up:Emotional

Creator

J. H. Wyman

First AiredMar 1, 2021

StatusCanceled

Vibe

Paceslow

Intensitymedium

Tonedark

Feelheavy

Seasons1·Episodes13

Top Cast

Jonathan Tucker

Bryan Beneventi

Riann Steele

Finola Jones

Norbert Leo Butz

Craig Maddox

Scroobius Pip

Anson Ash

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Scroobius Pip is a real British rapper and poet; his casting as cult leader Anson Ash was pitch-perfect weirdness.

Cultural

The show's international co-production structure (British lead, American setting) mirrors its themes of fractured global cooperation—meta and probably why it died.